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Take a watch/listen to our latest Decarb Lunch recording 'A Net Zero Retrofit: Lessons from the Cutting Edge' Our March Decarb Lunch was co-hosted with the Homebuilders Association Vancouver (HAVAN) where we featured North Vancouver's first net zero energy retrofit. In this recording, you'll learn how the homeowner and Twin Lions Contracting Ltd navigated design and permitting challenges, optimized airtightness, and integrated efficient heating, ventilation, and solar power into the design and reconstruction of the home. This session offers valuable technical insights, policy considerations, and key lessons to accelerate net zero retrofits.  Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/g8AR5eUm

To celebrate Bold Step 3, Carbon Free Homes and Buildings, you're invited to attend the free Climate Friendly Homes Tour, happening April 26 in New Westminster and across the province. Get a closer look at: - all-electric heat pumps (they provide cooling too!) - solar panels - climate-friendly landscaping - and more! Additionally, the New West Climate Action Hub will be hosting info sessions at select homes with expert speakers. (Registration is required for these homes.) It's also not too late to add your own climate-friendly home to the tour! To learn more about how to make your home energy-efficient (including in multi-family!) and what the City is doing to help create more carbon free homes, visit newwestcity.ca/earthmonth.

Are you planning to attend one of our upcoming events? We’re offering a mix of both online and in-person formats to suit everyone's preferences. 🔸 Tech Demo: Galletti Cold Climate Heat Pumps 🔸 Decarb Lunch: Optimizing Heat Pumps in Commercial Buildings 🔸 Victoria Event: The Business Case for Decarbonizing Commercial Buildings 🔸 Building Tour: The Kennedy Passive House Duplex Take a look at the list in our latest newsletter and make sure to register: https://lnkd.in/gan2rVGm

Join us for our upcoming Decarb Lunch 'Optimizing Heat Pumps in Commercial Buildings' With their ability to provide highly efficient electric heating and cooling, heat pumps are our most promising and important building decarbonization technology. Installing a heat pump in a commercial building can be complex and requires careful engineering and attention to detail. As the first generation of air source heat pumps in BC are coming to the end of their service life, projects to replace them offer valuable opportunities to take advantage of improved technology and optimize these systems. This ZEBx webinar will share real world experiences and lessons learned from retrofitting the HVAC system of the Atrium, an iconic office and retail building in downtown Victoria. The session will cover all aspects of the Atrium project, from planning and procurement to design, construction, and commissioning. This discussion will provide valuable insights into how to make heat pumps work for those who own, design, work on, and live/work/play in these buildings. Thanks to the financial support of the City of Vancouver, BC Hydro and Natural Resources Canada, this webinar is free of charge.   Speakers: Brad White, President, SES Consulting Jason Finster, Energy Manager, Jawl Properties Register now 👉 : https://lnkd.in/gdaSmer6

Victoria, we're coming your way! Come meet the ZEIC Building Decarb team and hear from Victoria-based Jawl Properties about how they’ve struck the right balance between a strong business case and real decarbonization results. Can’t make it? Feel free to pass this along to your Vancouver Island contacts who might be interested! Register here: https://lnkd.in/g3wKPc_d

Join our upcoming Decarb Lunch: Vancouver's GHG Reporting Bylaw – Reflections & Projections Co-host BOMA BC will kick off this webinar by highlighting industry engagement, challenges, and opportunities before handing things over to the City of Vancouver’s Gurmeet Singh and Micah Lang. They’ll recap the city’s GHG bylaw, outline its phased requirements, and share key takeaways from this past year’s first reporting cycle. They’ll also outline how building managers can prepare for 2025. In 2024, more than 200 of Vancouver’s largest commercial properties spanning more than 47 million square feet submitted their energy and carbon data to the City. With the requirements now expanding as scheduled to include nearly 900 commercial, residential, and hotel buildings, the City is working to ensure building owners and operators are aware of both the regulation and the available compliance support tools and resources. Thanks to the generous support of BC Hydro, the City of Vancouver, and NRCan, this event is free of charge. Register now 👉 https://lnkd.in/dziVwUgi

📢 Claim Your Incentive of Up to $600 Before March 31 ZEBx, with support from the City of Vancouver and BC Hydro, is collecting utility data to better understand energy use and emissions in high-performance homes, dual-fuel systems, and gas-absorption heat pumps. If your home is a Part 9 residential building, you could be eligible: * $400 for providing one year of data from a high-performance home (inhabited for 1+ year).  * $600 for providing two years of data from a home with a gas absorption heat pump or dual-fuel system (inhabited for 2+ years). ❗Note: The program will remain open after March 31 with an adjusted incentive amount. 👉 Check if your home qualifies and sign up today: https://lnkd.in/gXSsmAGU 

Are you a building owner or manager who needs to start Energy and Carbon Reporting (ECR) reporting in 2025? Don't miss this webinar - cohosted by BC Hydro! 📅 Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2025 🕙 Time: 10 am This year’s reporting covers: -Commercial buildings 50,000 square feet or larger -Residential buildings and hotels 100,000 square feet or larger What you'll learn: -An overview of the policy and its requirements -How to comply with the new regulations -How to set up a BC Hydro auto-upload for energy data Do you have questions before the webinar? Email the Energy and Carbon Reporting (ECR) Help Centre at energycarbonreport@vancouver.ca. 🔗 Register now: Annual GHG By-Law: https://bit.ly/3FnFnv0 Don't miss this chance to stay informed and compliant. We look forward to seeing you there! #CityofVancouver #EnergyReporting #Sustainability

New date announced! As energy efficiency and carbon pollution become a standard consideration for new and existing buildings, the supply chain is responding with new products that make climate-friendly buildings more achievable than ever. One of the newest products that is now available to BC's building industry is the Galletti HTH HS line of electric air-to-water heat pumps, distributed by Riada Sales. These heat pumps – which use lower GWP refrigerants – can generate 65°C (149°F) water at an ambient air temperature of -20°C, making them able to fully satisfy all space heating and/or domestic hot water requirements for new and existing large buildings across the province. Join ZEBx, Mechanical Contractors Association of BC, and British Columbia Institute of Technology for our tenth Tech Demo workshop at BCIT's Legendary High-Performance Building Lab in Burnaby. 🎟️ Early-bird tickets are just $20 until 11:59pm, Thu Apr 3, 2025. Regular ticket price: $30. Don't miss out! Grab your ticket here: https://lnkd.in/dB5695ud

Join us for the 2025 Energy and Carbon Reporting (ECR) Tutorial Webinar – cohosted by BC Hydro! 📅 Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2025 🕙 Time: 10:00 am Are you a building owner or manager required to start reporting in 2025? This webinar is for you! This year’s reporting includes: 🏢 Commercial buildings 50,000 square feet or greater 🏨 Residential buildings and hotels 100,000 square feet or greater What to Expect: -Overview of the policy and its requirements -How to comply with the new regulations -How to set up a BC Hydro auto-upload for energy data -Q&A session 📧 For questions before the webinar, email the Energy and Carbon Reporting (ECR) Help Centre at energycarbonreport@vancouver.ca. 🔗 Register now: Annual GHG By-Law: https://bit.ly/3CXzX9r Don’t miss this opportunity to stay informed and compliant. See you there! #CityofVancouver #EnergyReporting #Sustainability